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Agriculture, processed food exports up 7% in FY19
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India exported 7% more agricultural and processed food products in value terms in the just concluded fiscal year, driven by doubledigit increases in dairy products and pulses, although there was muted growth in wheat and non-Basmati rice shipped out of the country. Overall agri and processed food exports rose to Rs 1.28 lakh crore in financial year 2019 from Rs 1.20 lakh crore in the 2017-18 fiscal, according to data from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), the nodal agency for promotion of food exports. Dairy products saw a 72% increase to Rs 3,376 crore from Rs 1,955 crore, while pulses went up a little over 22% to Rs 1,795 crore from Rs 1,470 crore. “The growth in pulses exports was due to back-to-back bumper crop-…but this year, there will be a drop in pulses exports as there is considerable dip in production due to droughtlike conditions in Maharashtra and Gujarat,” said an agriculture department official. Read More : https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/agri-processed-food-exports-up-7-in-fy19/articleshow/69276661.cms

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